LEDERA´TA
LEDERA´TA or
LAEDERATA (
Λεδεράτα and
Λιτερατά), a fortified place in Upper Moesia, on the high road from Viminacium to Dacia, on the river Morgus.
It was a station for a detachment of horse archers. (Procop.
de Aed. 4.6;
Tab. Peut.; Notit. Imp., where it is called Laedenata.) Ruins of ancient fortifications, commonly identified with the site of Lederata, are found in the neighbourhood of
Rama. [
L.S]